Articles about 'Festival of Ideas'

What would you sacrifice for someone you’ve loved forever?

New research shows early adoption of PCs led to a rise in work intensity in the UK

On the eve of the world’s population reaching 7 billion, leading minds discuss what the future holds for our increasingly crowded planet.

Samuel Butler was a man with big ideas and a big imagination. He wrote on literature, science, art and religion, always thinking outside the box and encouraging others to see things in new ways.

Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.

A University of Cambridge academic is to suggest that grown-ups enjoy children’s classics because they are dissatisfied with life in the adult world.

The curious bronze, knuckle-shaped object pictured is an ancient weight excavated from the east coast of Italy. The inscription scrawled along its side is written in the language of ancient people, known to the Romans as the Frentani.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins are two late star additions to this year’s Festival of Ideas line-up at Cambridge University.

Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the earliest days of mankind.